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LIBRARY 


OF  THE 


SPECIAL  BOOK  LIST  NO.  1 
MAY,  1902 


A  SELECTED  LIST  ON  SPORTS  AND  OCCUPATIONS 

FOR  BOYS 


A  tentative  list  of  books  on  sports  and  occupations  for  boys  was  pre¬ 
pared  in  December,  1899,  and  is  now  issued  in  more  permanent  form 
with  recent  additions.  The  volumes  have  been  examined  by  officers  of 
the  Commission  and  those  found  most  helpful  have  been  marked  with 
asterisks.  Experience  proves  that  a  certain  class  of  energetic  boys  can 
be  interested  in  books  on  out-of-door  sports,  and  in  volumes  that  teach 
them  how  to  make  and  do  things,  when  they  have  little  or  no  interest 
in  the  other  books  of  the  library. 

The  book  which  the  boy  uses  to  help  him  do  something  independ¬ 
ently  often  gives  him  a  better  training  for  the  problems  of  daily  life 
than  the  lessons  studied  under  direction  in  the  school.  When  a  lad 
makes  a  kite  from  the  instructions  of  a  printed  page  his  mistakes  stare 
him  in  the  face  and  teach  him  the  necessity  of  accuracy. 


SPORTS— GENERAL 


Athletic  sports.  1897.  (Out  of  door  library.)  Scribner,  $1.50. 
*Beard,  D.  C.  Outdoor  handy  book.  1900.  Scribner,  $2. 


New  edition  of  liis  American  boy’s  book  of  sport. 


Bingham,  N.  W.,  jr.  ed.  Book  of  athletics.  1895.  Lothrop,  $1.50. 

*Camp,  Walter.  Book  of  college  sports.  New  ed.  1900.  Century,  $1.75. 

Champlin,  J.  D.,  jr.  and  Bostwick,  A.  E.,  ed.  Young  folks’  cyclopedia 
of  games  and  sports.  1890.  Holt,  $2.50. 

Griffith,  Robert.  Boys?  useful  pastimes.  1885.  Burt,  $1. 

Hewitt,  G.  M.  A.  The  open  air  boy.  1901.  Longmans,  $2. 

Lee,  Albert.  Track  athletics  in  detail.  1896.  Harper,  $1.25. 

Issued  anonymously. 

Lucas,  E.  V.  and  Elizabeth.  What  shall  we  do  now?  1901.  Stokes, 
net,  $2.15. 

Pasco,  W.  W.  ( Seneca,  pseud. )  comp.  Hints  and  points  for  sportsmen. 
1895.  Forest  &  Stream,  $1.50. 

Thompson,  Maurice,  ed.  Boys?  book  of  sports.  1886.  Century,  $2. 


PHYSICAL  EXERCISE 


*Blaikie,  William.  How  to  get  strong  and  how  to  stay  so. 
1902.  Harper,  net,  $1. 

Dalton,  Davis.  Plow  to  swim.  1899.  Putnam,  $1. 

Greene,  R.  H.  Healthy  exercise.  1900.  Harper,  net ,  $1. 
Miller,  F.  E.  Indian  club  swinging.  1900.  Saalfield,  $1. 

CAMPING 


Frazer,  P.  D.  Canoe  cruising  and  camping.  1897.  Forest  &  Stream,  $1. 

Grohman,  W.  A.  Baillie-.  Camps  in  the  Rockies.  1882.  Scribner, 
$1.25. 

Sears,  G.  V/.  (Nessmuk,  pseud.)  Woodcraft.  1884.  Forest  &  Stream, 

$1. 

Shields,  G.  O.  (Coquina,  pseud.)  Camping  and  camp  outfits.  1890. 
Rand,  $1.25. 

Fields,  P.  B.  Canvas  canoes  and  how  to  build  them.  1887.  Forest 
&  Stream,  50c. 

Knight,  E.  F.  Small  boat  sailing.  1901.  Dutton,  net,  $1.50. 

*  Stephens,  W.  P.  Canoe  and  boat-building.  Enl.  ed.  1898.  Forest  & 
Stream,  $2. 

*Vaux,  C.  B.  (Dot,  pseud.)  Canoe  handling  and  sailing.  New  ed. 
1888.  Forest  &  Stream,  $1. 


FISHING 

Angling.  1896.  (Out  of  door  library.)  Scribner,  $1.50. 

McCarthy,  Eugene.  Familiar  fish:  their  habits  and  capture.  1900. 
Appleton,  $1.50. 

Shields,  G.  O.  (Coquina,  pseud.)  ed.  American  game  fishes.  1892. 
Rand,  $1.50. 

HUNTING  AND  TRAPPING 

Gibson,  W.  H.  Camp  life  in  the  woods  and  the  tricks  of  trapping  and 
trap  making.  1881.  Harper,  $1. 

Hunting.  1896.  (Out  of  door  library.)  Scribner,  $1.50. 

*Roosevelt,  Theodore.  Wilderness  hunter.  1893.  Putnam,  $3. 

-  and  Grinnell,  G.  B.  ed.  American  big-game  hunting.  1893. 

Forest  &  Stream,  $2.50. 

- Hunting  in  many  lands.  1895.  Forest  &  Stream,  $2.50. 

Whitney,  Caspar.  On  snow  shoes  to  the  barren  grounds.  1896.  Har¬ 
per,  $3.50. 

HOME  PETS 

Felch,  I.  K.  Poultry  culture.  1886.  Judd,  $1.50. 

Hammond,  S.  T.  Practical  dog  training.  Enl.  ed.  1898.  Forest  & 
Stream,  $1. 

Miller.  Mrs.  Harriet  M.  (Olive  Thorne  Miller.)  Our  home  pets:  how 
to  keep  them  well  and  happy.  1S94.  Harper,  $1.25. 

Wright,  Lewis.  Practical  pig  jon  keeper.  1884.  Judd,  $1.50. 


New  e«. 


FOOTBALL 


Camp,  Walter  and  Deland,  L.  F.  Football.  1896.  Houghton,  $2. 

Stagg,  A.  A.  and  Williams,  H.  L.  Scientific  and  practical  treatise  on 
American  football.  1894.  Appleton,  $1.25. 

GOLF 

Wiiigham,  H.  G.  How  to  play  golf.  New  ed.  1902.  Stone,  $1.50. 

SPORTS— FICTION 

Barbour,  R.  H.  Captain  of  the  crew.  1901.  Appleton,  net,  $1.20. 

- For  the  honor  of  the  school.  1900.  Appleton,  $1.50. 

- Half-back.  1899.  Appleton,  $1.50. 

Brooks,  Noah.  Boys  of  Fairport.  1898.  Scribner,  $1.25. 

New  and  enlarged  edition  of  The  Fairport  nine. 

French,  Allen.  Junior  cup.  1901.  Century,  net,  $1.20. 

*Hornibrook,  Isabel.  Camp  and  trail.  1897.  Lothrop,  $1.50. 
Hughes,  Rupert.  Dozen  from  Lakerim.  1899.  Century,  $1.50. 

* -  Lakerim  athletic  club.  1898.  Century,  $1.50. 

Sears,  J.  H.  Fur  and  feather  tales.  1899.  Harper,  $1.75. 

*Wells,  H.  P.  City  boys  in  the  woods.  1899.  Harper,  $2.50. 

Williams,  E.  L.  Substitute  quarter-back.  1900.  Estes,  $1.25. 


OCCUPATIONS 

*Beard,  D.  C.  American  boy’s  handy  book.  New  ed.  1901.  Scrib¬ 
ner,  $2. 

* - Jack  of  all  trades.  1900.  Scribner,  $2. 

*Black,  Alexander.  Photography  indoors  and  out.  New  ed.  1897. 
(Riverside  library  for  young  people.)  Houghton,  75c. 

Bower,  J.  A.  How  to  make  common  things.  1892.  Young,  $1.25. 

Goss,  W.  F.  M.  Bench  work  in  wood.  1888.  Ginn,  70c. 

Waite,  H.  R,  ed.  A  boy’s  workshop.  1884.  Lothrop,  $1. 

*Wheeler,  C.  G.  Wood-working  for  beginners.  1900.  Putnam,  $3.50. 

White,  Mary.  How  to  make  baskets.  1901.  Doubleday,  net,  $1. 

Woodbury,  W.  E.  Photographic  amusements.  1895.  Scovill,  $1.50. 

MECHANICS  AND  INVENTIONS 

*Baker,  R.  S.  Boy’s  book  of  inventions.  1899.  Doubleday,  $2. 

Byrn,  E.  W.  Progress  of  invention  in  the  19th  century.  1900. 
Munn,  $3. 

Cochrane,  C.  H.  Wonders  of  modern  mechanism.  Enl.  ed.  1900. 
Lippincott,  $1.50. 

Mowry,  W.  A.  and  A.  M.  American  inventions  and  inventors.  1900. 
Silver,  65c. 

Williams,  H.  S.  Story  of  19th  century  science.  1900.  Harper,  $2.50. 


ELECTRICITY 


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♦Atkinson,  Philip.  Electricity  for  everybody.  1895.  Century,  $1.&0. 

♦Bottone,  S.  R.  Wireless  telegraphy.  New  ed.  1900.  Whittaker,  $Y 

Hopkins,  W.  J.  Telephone.  1898.  Longmans,  $1.  \ 

Meadowcroft,  W.  H.  ABC  of  electricity.  1896.  Amer.  Tech.  Bk.^ 
Co.,  50c. 

- A  B  C  of  X  rays.  1896.  Amer.  Tech.  Bk.  Co.,  50c. 

Norrie,  H.  S.  Induction  coils  and  coil  making.  1902.  Spon,  $1. 

EXPERIMENTS  AND  MAGIC 

♦Hopkins,  A.  A.,  comp.  Magic:  stage  illusions  and  scientific  diver¬ 
sions,  including  trick  photography.  1897.  Munn,  $2.50. 

♦Hopkins,  G.  M.  Experimental  science.  Rev.  ed.  1898.  Munn,  $4. 

♦Lewis,  A.  J.  (Prof.  Hoffman,  pseud.)  Modern  magic.  1881.  Rout- 
ledge,  $1.50. 


PUZZLES 

Lewis,  A.  J.  (Prof.  Hoffman,  pseud.)  Puzzles  old  and  new.  1894. 
Warne,  $1.50. 


MISCELLANEOUS 

Burr,  S.  D.  V.  Bicycle  repairing.  Rev.  ed.  1898.  Williams,  $1. 

Hornaday,  W.  T.  Taxidermy  and  zoological  collecting.  Ed.  6.  1897. 

Scribner,  net,  $2.50. 

Kuniiardt,  C.  P.  Ropes:  their  knots  and  splices.  1893.  Forest  & 
Stream,  50c. 

♦Leland,  C.  G.  (Hans  Breitmann,  pseud.)  Mending  and  repairing. 
1896.  Dodd,  $1.50. 

♦Scientific  American  cyclopaedia  of  receipts,  notes  and  queries.  New 
ed.  1901.  Munn,  $5. 

Spon^s  mechancs  own  book.  Ed  6.  1901.  Spon,  $2.50. 

PERIODICALS 

The  Scientific  American,  published  by  Munn  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  at 
$3  a  year,  and  the  Scientific  American  supplement,  published  by  the 
same  company  at  $5  a  year  (both  subscriptions  $7),  are  sources  of 
never  ending  pleasure  to  many  boys  of  from  twelve  to  sixteen  years  of 
age.  The  bound  volumes  of  these  periodicals  are  invaluable  for  ref¬ 
erence.  The  publishers  have  prepared  an  index  to  the  Supplement. 

The  Outing,  published  by  the  Outing  Co.,  New  York,  at  $3  a  year,  is 
the  delight  of  all  boys  who  love  out-of-door  sports. 

Forest  and  Stream,  published  by  the  Forest  and  Stream  Publishing 
Co.,  New  York,  at  $4  a  year,  is  an  illustrated  weekly  that  is  of  interest 
to  all  who  love  out  door  life  for  its  own  sake. 


